Isis Unveiled: chapter II (A Deeper Philosophy)

"The recognized laws of physical science account for but a few of the more objective of the so-called spiritual phenomena. While proving the reality of certain visible effects of an unknown force, they have not thus far enabled scientists to control at will even this portion of the phenomena.   The truth is that the [...]

Isis Unveiled: chapter II (A Deeper Philosophy)

"And thus, after having written, in 1870, his severe sentence against spiritualism and magic; after saying that even at that moment he believed "the whole affair a superstition, or, at least, an unexplained trick - a delusion of the senses"; Mr. Crookes, in 1875, closes his letter with the following memorable words: "To imagine, I [...]

Isis Unveiled: chapter II (A Deeper Philosophy)

"How subject even a scientific opinion is to error, we may see, if we only compare the several articles on spiritual phenomena from the able pen of that gentleman, which appeared from 1870 to 1875. In one of the first we read: ... "the increased employment of scientific methods will promote exact observations and greater [...]